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This WikiProject was featured in the WikiProject report in the Signpost on 17 January 2011.

    There are a number of cricket-related WikiProjects that I believe would be best suited as taskforces of this project, which would enable collaboration whilst also understanding that articles on these tournaments need to follow guidelines of WP:CRIC. This was previously mentioned in 2021: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket/Archive 90#Creation of task forces. Would be good to get a firm consensus on whether or not to implement this. These breakaway WikiProjects have caused numerous problems over the years including:

    • Frequent MOS:COLOR violations on articles and templates
    • Misunderstanding of how article ratings work, by rating categories as "high importance"
    • Violation of the WP:CRIC standard to only add teams to a player's infobox once they make an appearance (Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar being an example who was in IPL and LPL squads but did not play)
    • Creating clutter on article talkpages as if someone plays one match in one of these tournaments, they get added to the WikiProject
    • IPL project created templates for every match (60 per season), which led to a massive template clean up project a few years ago

    All of these WikiProjects are for franchise T20 tournaments that run for 1-3 months a year, and their WikiProjects are dormant for the rest of the year, or are permanently inactive. They are as follows:

    1. Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League - looks permanently inactive
    2. Wikipedia:WikiProject Lanka Premier League - been inactive for around 2 years, despite only being created in 2021
    3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian Premier League - looks to be inactive
    4. Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistan Super League - looks to be inactive

    In addition, I have separately nominated the recently created Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's Premier League (cricket) for deletion, but would be okay with this becoming a task force here too (but no merge is required as there is no history to keep). This post aims to satisfy Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Merging WikiProjects#Establish consensus for a merger by getting a consensus for or against this. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:52, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 02:00, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    These seem sensible. I had hoped when I revamped the project page, that these would be started by new recruits from r/cricket and other cricket platforms, but I never really found the time. AA (talk) 22:19, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • Agree per nom. I think task forces are much better than having a single WikiProject. For example, WikiProject Japan has many task forces under a single project which makes it easier to handle.
    KjjjKjjj (talk) 13:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • Agree per nom. task forces are much better than having a single WikiProject. For example, WikiProject Japan has many task forces under a single project which makes it easier to handle.
    Spinin (talk) 03:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    In the template {{WPCRIC Announcements}}, the sub-sections say they are Bot generated; but, it doesn't looks like it's been updated in a while, what's with it? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    It doesn't look like a bot has ever updated this template. It might be a left over from when this was created from a copy/paste of the 'Military History' project template as the first edit has them listed as bit-generated. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Looks like we'll have to manually update it; Should I go ahead...? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 16:48, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    A bot does update Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Article alerts daily, so it may be worth adding that to your watchlist. Don't know how you can integrate that into header though. JP (Talk) 16:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Already have that on my watchlist; The thing is I have seen announcement templates of some other WikiProjects being used in more than just the project talk page, which is easier to give an one-look overview of the ongoing things. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 17:47, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I've updated the Announcements template, along with some changes to Announcements Shell and Open tasks page. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 03:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Would anyone be kind enough to review the following articles? Copy edit and additions welcome:

    Any contributions appreciated :) AA (talk) 09:11, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I did spot the other day that there is a piece in an old ACS The Cricket Statistician here on Poore/Wynyard's record partnership if you did want to expand on that. Lonsdale did another piece on Poore here, not sure if there is anything useful in that either. --JP (Talk) 15:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks for finding these JP, they are super helpful. There was some info on his early life I was missing, so the Lonsdale one will definitely help full those blanks. AA (talk) 14:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I have started working on the project newsletter, currently titled "The Stump Sapient". I am expecting it to be published in December 2024. Progress can be seen here. I would need an editor-in-charge to go with me; anyone willing to contribute? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 05:28, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I wonder if we could have a 'Photo of the Year' section and maybe a list of deaths? Of course, the competition parts are dependent on how many active members we have, and I really have no idea how many we do! I wouldn't mind trying to get more members from say the Cricket Reddit, but do worry that could attract some of the editors who seem to be populating the AfD list these days :/ AA (talk) 11:29, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Sure, List of deaths can be put with the article news; and if we could hold a "Photo of the Year" contest and get a winner, we'll include that as well. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I wonder if there is a way to gauge how many active members we have? AA (talk) 14:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    We could use {{User:Yapperbot/Pruner/use}}, which would if configured in the members page remove the inactive users for a given time every Monday. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @AA Should we set it up?? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 09:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Sounds like a plan! The results will be interesting, because it does at times seem awfully quiet in here! AA (talk) 09:55, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Okay, I've configured it now; We'll see the results on next Monday. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Will be interesting to see. Hopefully, going back to above newsletter inclusion, we can have some FA and GA promotions as I have a couple nominated. AA (talk) 22:00, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @AssociateAffiliate The bot will run tonight at 18:00 UTC, in the meantime I have created this notice to be sent to the remaining members informing them about the newsletter. I am planning for it to be sent out on 1st October. If we are to hold a "Photo of the Year" or any other contest, it must be best to add it to the notice as well. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 15:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I have also created the header and footer for the newsletter pages; if you could review them and leave your thoughts about it, I will proceed to the next stage. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 15:35, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I like it :) Looks very sleek! With the contests, we do need some people to help 'umpire' them. AA (talk) 21:05, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    We could leave the picture of the year to public voting, and maybe ask out some experienced editors to assist with it. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 12:56, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    The bot did its thing, and they are currently ~100 supposedly active editors. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 18:16, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Any thoughts on how we could recruit more members? AA (talk) 21:03, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Perhaps we should send this notice to some mainspace talk pages as well. My suggestions would be the following,
    @AssociateAffiliate: What do you think about it? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 13:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Hello all. Just wondering if anyone can find out anything more about the above Hampshire cricketer. He seems rather illusive. Apparently born in Christchurch (the English one) in 1905, played for Hampshire in 1925 and 1926. Surprised he's proving hard to fill in the gaps given his 'recentism'. Cheers in advance. AA (talk) 09:30, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Where does the 12 September 1905 birthdate come from? I can find an Arthur John Hayward born 1 January 1905 at Christchurch, who is probably the same chap who worked for the railways from 1919, and then for Bournemouth Corporation as a bus driver in 1939. One of this name died at Poole on 3 January 1982 and is likely to be the same. Johnlp (talk) 13:57, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks for taking a look John. I did wonder the same thing myself, when I couldn't find any Arthur John Hayward's born on that date. Is this all census information or from BNA sources? AA (talk) 21:59, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Mostly from archive and census sources. Railway records are at The National Archive, but a few are digitised and available through Ancestry.com, including, fortuitously, some London & South Western Railway clerical staff; the 1939 register of non-combatants is also digitised and identifies him as a PSV driver (which is presumably why he's a non-combatant); and probate records are available through Ancestry too. I can send you some links/references over the weekend if I get time. I couldn't see anything on BNA. All pretty much OR, of course... Johnlp (talk) 23:16, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Haha well, not that I have ever done OR in the past to solve a mystery or two ;) Would be much appreciated if you could send them over, cheers! AA (talk) 18:26, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I was just going through the Project's subpages; and noticed the following (A – M),

    Following pages might no longer be needed anymore at all!
    I think following events shall be restarted from 2025 onwards...
    Pages needing improvement & re-work,
    ?????

    Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 15:54, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply